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    Vaio vgn-nw240f upgrade ram

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Newyork2050, Dec 24, 2010.

  1. Newyork2050

    Newyork2050 Newbie

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    Right now I have 4gb of ram the laptop says it supports 8. Can anyone help me on what kind of ram I need and how to install. Been working on computers for a while but this is my first lap top
     
    Newyork2050, Dec 24, 2010
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    You need DDR2 laptop memory. 800MHz is probably preferable, but slower speeds should work.
     
    Commander Wolf, Dec 24, 2010
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  3. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    As stated above, you can go to 8 GB DDR2 800 RAM. Do you have a 64 bit operating system (Vista or 7)? If you don't, I wouldn't bother as it can't address above 4 GB RAM or you would need to install a 64 bit version of your OS.

    For Sony, most of the time there is a door or you have to remove the entire bottom cover to get to the memory. More common on older ones is RAM underneath the keyboard.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Dec 25, 2010
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  4. Panther214

    Panther214 Notebook Evangelist

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    You'll need 64bit windows to use 8GB of RAM so if you don't have it , you'll have to get that. And DDR2-800 RAM should work.. get a cheaper brand like Gskill and not crucial or kingston as the RAM is similar but you pay for name.

    Panther214
     
    Panther214, Dec 25, 2010
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